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To: dougSF30 who wrote (202375)	6/15/2006 6:20:40 PM
From: BUGGI-WO	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

@Doug - Rev. F " Remember there was a memory controller bug, then they needed them to do DDR2-800 so as to not lose performance vs rev E, etc. " Wrong as usual in the last time. Their was no CPU-bug, I don't know why your fantasy is burning through? BUGGI

To: dougSF30 who wrote (202375)	6/15/2006 7:15:28 PM
From: j3pflynn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

Doug - Only in your selectively negative memory. AM2 was going to be introduced at Computex, but they pulled it back to May 23 to avoid the Intel hoopla. Board makers were ready, so it went just dandy. From Anand's April 10 AM2 preview: "Back in January we sought to discover for ourselves what AMD's Socket-AM2 platform would have in store for end users. You'll remember that when Intel made the shift to DDR2 it basically yielded no tangible performance improvement, and we were all quite afraid that the same would be true of AM2. When we finally tested the AM2 samples that were available at the time, performance was absolutely dismal. Not only could AMD's AM2 not outperform currently shipping Socket-939 platforms, but due to serious issues with the chip's memory controller performance was significantly lower. Given that AMD was supposed to launch in June at Computex, the fact that AM2 was performing so poorly just five months before launch was cause for worry." anandtech.com May 23 intro review: anandtech.com Whether or not there really was a memory controller "bug", I don't know, but they beat their schedule in any case.